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and when romney runs, romney has a new ad out saying he can work better with congress than obama has, that somebody didn't point out that this is an obstructionist republican majority in the house. >> i think that's because obama is in a trap. he has painted himself into a corner, which makes him vulnerable to the charge, which has been heard increasingly often, that you don't know what obama's going to do in his second term, that he doesn't have an agenda, that only the past he's willing to talk about, that was a failure. and he can't tell you because it's not going to be good. i think the problem obama has is that he can tell part of the story, thanks to bill clinton, which is, "they gave me a problem and i stopped what they were doing. now you don't want to give it back to the people who caused the problem." but what he is not then able to do, which i wish he would do, is to say, "and the reason it was so hard for me to do as much as i wanted, and the reason i need your help, america, going forward, is that these people are going to fight us tooth and nail every step of the way. an
and when romney runs, romney has a new ad out saying he can work better with congress than obama has, that somebody didn't point out that this is an obstructionist republican majority in the house. >> i think that's because obama is in a trap. he has painted himself into a corner, which makes him vulnerable to the charge, which has been heard increasingly often, that you don't know what obama's going to do in his second term, that he doesn't have an agenda, that only the past he's willing...
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here in massachusetts, romney abandon us just like the republican party has abandoned bush. i would like to know what to look for that? guest: again, looking at how republicans differ from the democrats as far as job creation, the tax code. more money to invest in your business, or in your home. all of the things that families are grappling with. maybe pay your employees more if they are your family. also getting tough on the trade policy. american workers -- i travel the world quite a bit during elections abroad as well as business. the american worker is second to none. let's take back those things for change. let's compete evenly in the global marketplace. lastly, pulling back regulations, as well as oversight in every aspect of our business as it is more and more creeping into our personal lives. >> host: talk about the congressional races. what is your prediction for the commercial district that folks are watching inside -- the critical the districts that are being watched inside the state. guest: roughly the size of the state of florida is the third congressional distr
here in massachusetts, romney abandon us just like the republican party has abandoned bush. i would like to know what to look for that? guest: again, looking at how republicans differ from the democrats as far as job creation, the tax code. more money to invest in your business, or in your home. all of the things that families are grappling with. maybe pay your employees more if they are your family. also getting tough on the trade policy. american workers -- i travel the world quite a bit...
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plus five republican, that looks pretty good for the romney campaign, but keep in mind, these are the mail ballots. and the democrats usually do very well in that in-person vote which starts today in florida. in fact the republicans usually do much, much better, like maybe 15 percentage points better in the mail ballot. so there's something interesting going on in florida, where the obama campaign is encouraging their supporters to vote during the mail balloting period. we've actually seen an increase of about half a million more mail ballots in 2012 compared to 2008. suggesting that the obama campaign anticipating there was going to be a reduction in early voting hours in the state of florida, have encouraged their supporters, mobilized them to vote in a different way. >> looking at iowa. it seems to be like it's going the way of 2008 so far. is that how you're reading it? >> yeah the states of iowa, north carolina, and colorado, we're seeing party registration numbers that are slightly better for the republicans than 2008. but, iowa is a state that obama won by 9.5 percentage points
plus five republican, that looks pretty good for the romney campaign, but keep in mind, these are the mail ballots. and the democrats usually do very well in that in-person vote which starts today in florida. in fact the republicans usually do much, much better, like maybe 15 percentage points better in the mail ballot. so there's something interesting going on in florida, where the obama campaign is encouraging their supporters to vote during the mail balloting period. we've actually seen an...
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tonight, a republican presidential candidate mitt romney speaks to supporters in avon lake, ohio. he attended a rally there earlier today before canceling the rest of his campaign events because of the storm. you can see his comments at 8:00 p.m. eastern tonight. and vice president joe biden was also in ohio or earlier today. he campaigned in youngstown with former president bill clinton. this was after president obama also canceled all of his campaign events because of the storm. president obama won an ohio four years ago. you can see them tonight at 8:35 p.m. eastern also 1 c-span. -- also on c-span. >> not too long ago no one would have agreed to carry around a tracking device, but now we all carry around the cell phones, which can be tracked. a lot of us use g mail and all of our e-mail is stored on a server. >> we were looking into cyber and cyber security and cyber war. the pentagon had declared cyberspace as a new domain of war. we realized maybe one in a thousand people really understood what cyberspace was. and the degree and double the of the vulnerability. -- end of the
tonight, a republican presidential candidate mitt romney speaks to supporters in avon lake, ohio. he attended a rally there earlier today before canceling the rest of his campaign events because of the storm. you can see his comments at 8:00 p.m. eastern tonight. and vice president joe biden was also in ohio or earlier today. he campaigned in youngstown with former president bill clinton. this was after president obama also canceled all of his campaign events because of the storm. president...
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a republican congress. of course he can, he's a republican. then you have rupert murdoch trashing the governor of new jersey for the same thing, working with the other side. the times of london endorsed obama, so what's going on with rupert murdoch in this thing? >> i've been shocked how much the christie -- the photos of christie and obama has shaken the republican party. he says look, i think you should be able to compliment the president of the united states when he does a good job. are you surprised that the republicans have been so transparent how shaken they've been by chris christie? >> somebody in the romney camp is so angry at governor christie that they're leaking out the word that the reason he worked on hurricane relief with the president, as if he needed some other motive, is because he was jilted in a marital sense from the vice presidency he had almost been promised and he was left at the altar and they went with ryan. so they're trying to trash his motives here. somebody in the romney camp m
a republican congress. of course he can, he's a republican. then you have rupert murdoch trashing the governor of new jersey for the same thing, working with the other side. the times of london endorsed obama, so what's going on with rupert murdoch in this thing? >> i've been shocked how much the christie -- the photos of christie and obama has shaken the republican party. he says look, i think you should be able to compliment the president of the united states when he does a good job....
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we will go to john on the republican line. caller: good morning. i am calling to ask you if you are familiar with the ballots that are, they are having trouble with them switching over when they are voting for mitt romney, and at the end come a check mark is that over on the democratic side? are you familiar with them? there has been a couple of programs of it. and one of them is right here in columbus, ohio. where they have had a few. i will not say a gaggle of them, but quite a few. and then i heard you earlier on the dollar fight workers, that you and senator brown -- on the delphi workers. you were interviewing the delphi workers. they say they have no pension are not getting any pension. this spin sounds like it is coming from you there a little bit. host: tim ryan? guest: it is a tough situation with the delphi salary folks. we have been working on it along time. my former coach's and family members who were in that group -- i am not here to spend anything, i am here to help them. it was a bankruptcy, a tough deal. but most of those pensions
we will go to john on the republican line. caller: good morning. i am calling to ask you if you are familiar with the ballots that are, they are having trouble with them switching over when they are voting for mitt romney, and at the end come a check mark is that over on the democratic side? are you familiar with them? there has been a couple of programs of it. and one of them is right here in columbus, ohio. where they have had a few. i will not say a gaggle of them, but quite a few. and then...
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governor romney gets most republicans. the president at the moment has a narrow lead, but a significant lead among independents. there's also an age gap, if you will. if you want to look at the vote in ohio, likely voters in our poll, those under 50, a big 18-point advantage for the obama-biden ticket over romney-ryan. this encouraging to the republicans, their leading among older voters, but they need the margin. governor romney would need that margin to be a little bit bigger than six points to expect to carry the margin. ohio, the auto bailout tends to help the president do better among white, working class voters. among white men, the president is over 40%. you might say well, he's getting beat. if the president is over 40% among white men in an central state like ohio, he's likely to carry the state. watch that number as we get closer to election day. if the president can stay above 40 among white men, he's likely going to win ohio. and then the question is if the president wins ohio, can governor romney defy history
governor romney gets most republicans. the president at the moment has a narrow lead, but a significant lead among independents. there's also an age gap, if you will. if you want to look at the vote in ohio, likely voters in our poll, those under 50, a big 18-point advantage for the obama-biden ticket over romney-ryan. this encouraging to the republicans, their leading among older voters, but they need the margin. governor romney would need that margin to be a little bit bigger than six points...
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the same thing happened last month when republican presidential nominee mitt romney held a business roundtable in bedford heights, ohio. he did it a at a plant called american spring wire. american spring wire bills itself as north america's largest manufacturer of valve and commercial quality sprint wire. they also make pc strand. which is prestressed concrete strand. at his visit to american spring wire, mr. romney hammered away at president obama for not being tough on china. not the way that he mitt romney would be tough on china. but the company mr. romney chose for his backdrop that day, the company that he chose to implicitly help make that case so happened to be a poster child for success by president obama in getting tough on china. in 2009 in the first months of mr. obama's presidency, american spring wire joined with two other makers of steel wire to ask for help. they said china was unfairly dumping steel wire in the united states market at artificially low prices. they asked for help. under president obama the commerce department said they would investigate and then the commerce d
the same thing happened last month when republican presidential nominee mitt romney held a business roundtable in bedford heights, ohio. he did it a at a plant called american spring wire. american spring wire bills itself as north america's largest manufacturer of valve and commercial quality sprint wire. they also make pc strand. which is prestressed concrete strand. at his visit to american spring wire, mr. romney hammered away at president obama for not being tough on china. not the way...
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in that endorsement writing, if the 1994 or 2003 version of mitt romney were running for president, i may well have voted for him. like so many other independents, i found the past four years to be, in a word, disappointing. there's your endorsement. however, in the same op-ed the mayor slammed romney for walking away from his previously held positions on climate change, immigration, and health care. >>> in less than three hours from now, the labor department will release the final monthly jobs report before election day. some economists expect the rate to go up after september unemployment fell to 7.8%. that was the lowest level since 2008. let's take an early look at the markets live in london. good morning. >> good morning to you. ha as you said, this is a crucial employment report. it's the last jobs data we're going to get before the election. that's why it's so critical politically, at least, for these two parties. expectations right now pretty low. i'll take you quickly through the numbers. 120,000 jobs expected to be added in october and perhaps a slight tick higher in the u
in that endorsement writing, if the 1994 or 2003 version of mitt romney were running for president, i may well have voted for him. like so many other independents, i found the past four years to be, in a word, disappointing. there's your endorsement. however, in the same op-ed the mayor slammed romney for walking away from his previously held positions on climate change, immigration, and health care. >>> in less than three hours from now, the labor department will release the final...
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and we vote with the mitt romney and the republicans are campaigning, with sean tonner. and later an analysis of president obama's strategy to win the state and elected democrats. "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern on c-span. >> we have a pretty simple opposition. can embrace what wilson has embraced. she signed a pledge to support the cut, cap and a balanced program here that is 80 per the approach. has no -- is a tea party approach. is so draconian that would require deep cuts in social security and medicare over time, or we can embrace a balanced approach. that is what i support. i think we can go back to the kind of tax rates we had under the clinton administration won the upper income earners were doing well and the entire economy was growing. a balanced approach is the only one that i believe will get us there. >> your rebuttal. court's it is amazing to me that you can stand here having voted 4 trillion dollars of assessed for the last four years, the route largest, fastest debt increase in american history, and said we have to control spending. you have don
and we vote with the mitt romney and the republicans are campaigning, with sean tonner. and later an analysis of president obama's strategy to win the state and elected democrats. "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern on c-span. >> we have a pretty simple opposition. can embrace what wilson has embraced. she signed a pledge to support the cut, cap and a balanced program here that is 80 per the approach. has no -- is a tea party approach. is so draconian that would require...
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this is one of the most conservative republican platforms we have seen. he did nothing at the convention to move away from that. he waited until october 3rd to start in a debate to articulate moderate-sounding outcomes. not policy, but outcomes. things that sound pleasing to moderates, but he's not changed his position on anything that i can see. i'm struggling to see a precedent. the idea of you can't trust this guy. you don't want him being president. if it's going to work against a candidate, it would have to work now. >> have you seen that attack work? the idea that this guy is morally flimsy, useless. he will do whatever needs to be said and can't take him at his word. has that ever been stuck on a candidate in a way they can't slough off? >> it can be stuck on a candidate in the sense it raises their personal negative rating. that's far variety of reasons. he was the first candidate through september of a major party nominee who had a negative rating. that was dragging down his support in the national polls. the wild card here, the change that took
this is one of the most conservative republican platforms we have seen. he did nothing at the convention to move away from that. he waited until october 3rd to start in a debate to articulate moderate-sounding outcomes. not policy, but outcomes. things that sound pleasing to moderates, but he's not changed his position on anything that i can see. i'm struggling to see a precedent. the idea of you can't trust this guy. you don't want him being president. if it's going to work against a...
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romney would champion enough reforms to allow some republicans to justify their vote. the bottom line is this, if obama wins, we'll probably get -- romney wins, we're likely to get republican reform. romney is more of a flexible flip-flopper than obama. he has more influence over the most intransigent element in the washington equation of house republicans. he's more likely to get big stuff done. >> so, david, this appears to be a time when flip-flopping could pay off. >> it could. you know, one of the things that's bugged me about this whole election is the candidate -- they've got big plans, we're living in a polarized, divided country, how are you going to get anything done? and we came close two years ago, i'm not totally persuaded if they tried that again, which is really what i think obama envisions they'd do any better than they did last time. i think we'd probably kick the can down the road. with romney, he does what the market demands. and the market is not demanding a tea party president. so i think he'd shift over toward the middle where i personally think t
romney would champion enough reforms to allow some republicans to justify their vote. the bottom line is this, if obama wins, we'll probably get -- romney wins, we're likely to get republican reform. romney is more of a flexible flip-flopper than obama. he has more influence over the most intransigent element in the washington equation of house republicans. he's more likely to get big stuff done. >> so, david, this appears to be a time when flip-flopping could pay off. >> it could....
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it validates romney there, not to mention this is the time the register endorsed a republican in 40 years, the last one was richard nixon in 1972. we know how it turned out. mitt romney is heading to dann port this evening. the president is sending the first lady there today and joe biden on thursday. i want to put up a quote from my friend rory cooper who said "the des moines register" enl dorised carter, mondale, gore and couldn't endorse another four years of obama. wow. you see folks on the left dismissing the value of this. on the right they'll make a big deal about it. i came upon a fun study from 2008. brown university economists found that when moderate papers endorse they're seen as mort credible. when a partisan paper does it, not so much. when the chicago sun times and "denver post" endorsed kerry and bush, the study found 3% of readers switched voting allegiance. they flipped their allegiances in 2000. i have to say, i think an interesting number that matters is when you compare the endorsement numbers, obama has 34 endorsement from major, significant papers. romney has 27. lo
it validates romney there, not to mention this is the time the register endorsed a republican in 40 years, the last one was richard nixon in 1972. we know how it turned out. mitt romney is heading to dann port this evening. the president is sending the first lady there today and joe biden on thursday. i want to put up a quote from my friend rory cooper who said "the des moines register" enl dorised carter, mondale, gore and couldn't endorse another four years of obama. wow. you see...
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it's lopsided in support for republicans. this week, the romney campaign and allies spent $96.4 million on ads, more than double obama. however, one prediction that has largely not come true is the prediction by the obama campaign, once the numbers tally, it would be vastly outspent by republican opponents. >> the first president to be outspent, not because of what romney is raising, but the super pacs. when you have people so active in wisconsin saying they are going to spend $400 million to impact this race, that's more than john mccain and the republican party spent in total last time. it's a source of concern. it should be a source of concern to everyone. >> the republican allies like the coke brothers spent. the obama campaign made up the gap when it comes to costly television advertising. by embracing a target and the fdc gives them a discount on ad rates. i have kim barker, a reporter who writes about campaign finance joining us. thanks for coming back. >> thanks for having me. >> you have been doing fantastic. what is
it's lopsided in support for republicans. this week, the romney campaign and allies spent $96.4 million on ads, more than double obama. however, one prediction that has largely not come true is the prediction by the obama campaign, once the numbers tally, it would be vastly outspent by republican opponents. >> the first president to be outspent, not because of what romney is raising, but the super pacs. when you have people so active in wisconsin saying they are going to spend $400...
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republicans are intrigued and they may strike with advertising. been: that's what we have talking about. let's put it this way. if romney gets virginia and florida of, that's not out of the question. he has 248 then. the magic number is 270. ohio has a team. -- ohio has 18. that gets into 266, four short. then he only has to win one of the other four battleground states that you have been covering from new hampshire, wisconsin, iowa, colorado. if he loses ohio, then he needs a combination of three of the four, a much bigger hurdle. if he could win pennsylvania, that's 20 electoral votes. the thinking is he has to win one or the other. if he wins pennsylvania and the president were to lose my state, he loses the presidential election, i think. pennsylvania in a sense becomes the firewall for president obama. it becomes the ultimate fire wall. the real question is if what happens in virginia, which is very close, florida looks like it is tilting a little bit more toward romney, so it is like a checkerboard. what republicans have to think about is th
republicans are intrigued and they may strike with advertising. been: that's what we have talking about. let's put it this way. if romney gets virginia and florida of, that's not out of the question. he has 248 then. the magic number is 270. ohio has a team. -- ohio has 18. that gets into 266, four short. then he only has to win one of the other four battleground states that you have been covering from new hampshire, wisconsin, iowa, colorado. if he loses ohio, then he needs a combination of...
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it's good to see you this morning and mitt romney is not going have any official stops today. one thing i do want to play for everybody, the comment played a few minutes ago by new jersey governor chris christie about the election next week. we are down to the pivotal days left. >> this administration at the moment could give a damn less about election day. >> all right. if you give a damn -- i know chris christie said he's been on the phone with the president talking three times personally with him about the needs of people in new jersey. mitt romney again, having no official campaign stops today. sean, what challenges does this present with mitt romney strong walk this fine line of still being in this race with little time left, but not wanting to look like he's making politics in the time of a national disaster. >> right, congressman ryan and mrs. romney and renaines priebu and dealing with flooding and a whoefl whole host of other issues and our priority is to help those in need and the safety of those who may be in similar trouble still in the aftermath of the storm. ther
it's good to see you this morning and mitt romney is not going have any official stops today. one thing i do want to play for everybody, the comment played a few minutes ago by new jersey governor chris christie about the election next week. we are down to the pivotal days left. >> this administration at the moment could give a damn less about election day. >> all right. if you give a damn -- i know chris christie said he's been on the phone with the president talking three times...
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the president touring the state with new jersey governor, republican governor chris christie. just six days out from the election. interesting for many reasons and mostly because chris christie is a top romney surrogate and highly critical of the president in the past but since the storm lavished praise on the president's handling of the storm's wrath. before heading to the jersey shore, the president's made an unscheduled stop at fema headquarters. this is the president meeting with several administration and cabinet persons there. we're told he addressed everyone around the table thanking them for the work and warning that the country's not out of the woods yet. joining us now nbc news political director chuck todd on the phone and ron allen live in point please sant beach, new jersey. todd, i'll start with you. we have chris christie with president obama and others say what else was supposed to happen here? i mean, these men may be from different sides of aisle but we know they're still without power and lost their homes and the other issue still facing the region. >> that'
the president touring the state with new jersey governor, republican governor chris christie. just six days out from the election. interesting for many reasons and mostly because chris christie is a top romney surrogate and highly critical of the president in the past but since the storm lavished praise on the president's handling of the storm's wrath. before heading to the jersey shore, the president's made an unscheduled stop at fema headquarters. this is the president meeting with several...
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a mitt romney 1.0 could not possibly have won a republican nomination. ok? some of you are democrats, half the room are democrats. let's talk about 2016 for a second. a lot of people in this room i think mark warner spretty good. you know what his chances of winning the democratic nomination are? zero. it's the same thing. that these parties have gotten so ideological that you can't -- that was actually what was so remarkable i think about the obama-clinton race was that it wasn't a race to the left. i mean, it was generational, it was social economic, i mean, it was a lot of things but it wasn't about ideology. but i think that's sort of the specifics of that race sort of masked the larger thing. the democrats have the sasme problems. >> let me ask a related question to follow up on the question that people asked. there is a saying that regardless of what you believe as a politician you will have to govern as you campaign. there must be some relationship. if you buy that notion how would each of these guys have to govern given the way they've campaigned? >>
a mitt romney 1.0 could not possibly have won a republican nomination. ok? some of you are democrats, half the room are democrats. let's talk about 2016 for a second. a lot of people in this room i think mark warner spretty good. you know what his chances of winning the democratic nomination are? zero. it's the same thing. that these parties have gotten so ideological that you can't -- that was actually what was so remarkable i think about the obama-clinton race was that it wasn't a race to the...
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the prospects for republican takeover of the senate. even if romney wins the white house. the senate prospects have deteriorated which means more gridlock, more fiscal cliff, more god knows what. higher capital gains taxes. higher dividend tax rates. all things that are antithetical to the stock market. are they not? >> absolutely true. and, you know, lately in the last few months we've seen the unemployment rate in some of the key states that republicans need to hold like maine, they've gone up. that's going in the wrong direction. i don't know to what extent they hold the current senator responsible for that. certainly it creates a sense of discomfort with the incumbents and possibility of change there. so, you know, those odds have really changed and that's just a huge big deal for next year. the markets do not like a divided congress and we've got so much at stake in the lame duck session, it's a major issue for the markets and one clearly i think investors are voting with their feet and getting out of the way. >> jeff, why did gold crash today? >> you know, it had to
the prospects for republican takeover of the senate. even if romney wins the white house. the senate prospects have deteriorated which means more gridlock, more fiscal cliff, more god knows what. higher capital gains taxes. higher dividend tax rates. all things that are antithetical to the stock market. are they not? >> absolutely true. and, you know, lately in the last few months we've seen the unemployment rate in some of the key states that republicans need to hold like maine, they've...
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it's a republican-leaning state. but this time because of romney's failure to support the auto rescue, his opposition to it, and lately those dishonest ads about jeep going over to china are not helping him at all. >> right. so you think the auto bailout has played in significantly here in this state? >> i call it a rescue, first of all. i love the auto industry. and i think the american people love it, too. it's part of our culture that we make our own cars. i think it's phenomenal that anyone would oppose saving the american auto industry. and i really think up there, where people, you know, root for the bears and the browns in the cold weather, and it's the old rust belt feeling, that it's a very important thing to make your own cars. and you know, for years john dingell from michigan wouldn't let anybody park in the congressional parking lot that didn't have an american car. you know, it's real stuff up there. and to be on the wrong side of that issue and say yeah, go get bankrupt, buddy, it's unbelievable. and n
it's a republican-leaning state. but this time because of romney's failure to support the auto rescue, his opposition to it, and lately those dishonest ads about jeep going over to china are not helping him at all. >> right. so you think the auto bailout has played in significantly here in this state? >> i call it a rescue, first of all. i love the auto industry. and i think the american people love it, too. it's part of our culture that we make our own cars. i think it's phenomenal...
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i know the democratic campaign has painted the republican as romney ryan. i know you accused the congressman of not being able to work with others of the other party. as the independent who are you going to caucus with? >> i grew up as a liberal. i grew up in rhode island which means by default i'm a democrat. the rules of rhode island allow me to run as an independent. i don't agree with everything the democrats do. would i caucus more or less with the democrats? more. i'm a liberal. i don't agree with everything they do. republicans have good ideas, democrats have good ideas. sparse i'm concerned the only people i care about are voters. i don't have a corporate backer or take any campaign doe inflammation nations. there is a reason for that. i would caucus with the democrats. that doesn't mean i wouldn't shun the democrats if i felt they were out of line. i would go with the republicans where i saw the good ideas. >> would you vote for mr. bainer as speaker and if so the follow up question before you answer the first question is what issue have you identi
i know the democratic campaign has painted the republican as romney ryan. i know you accused the congressman of not being able to work with others of the other party. as the independent who are you going to caucus with? >> i grew up as a liberal. i grew up in rhode island which means by default i'm a democrat. the rules of rhode island allow me to run as an independent. i don't agree with everything the democrats do. would i caucus more or less with the democrats? more. i'm a liberal. i...
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and president obama and republican challenger mitt romney returned to full-scale campaigning, with the election just five days off. we have follow-up online to our story on the street drugs known as bath salts. kwame holman has the details >> holman: state officials in maine are linking the abuse of bath salts to increased rates of child neglect. we look at that and the latest scientific research on the drug. spencer michels examines propositions and congressional races on the ballot in california. and older americans are working longer and returning to the workforce after retiring. you can help paul solman look into that demographic shift. if you're an older worker, fill out a questionnare on the rundown. all that and more is on our website newshour.pbs.org. jeff? >> brown: and again, to our honor roll of american service personnel killed in the afghanistan conflict. we add them as their deaths are made official and photographs become available. here, in silence, are eight more. >> brown: and that's the "newshour" for tonight. i'm jeffrey brown. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. we'
and president obama and republican challenger mitt romney returned to full-scale campaigning, with the election just five days off. we have follow-up online to our story on the street drugs known as bath salts. kwame holman has the details >> holman: state officials in maine are linking the abuse of bath salts to increased rates of child neglect. we look at that and the latest scientific research on the drug. spencer michels examines propositions and congressional races on the ballot in...
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here in massachusetts, romney abandon us just like the republican party has abandoned bush. i would like to know what to look for that? guest: again, looking at how republicans differ from the democrats as far as job creation, the tax code. more money to invest in your business, or in your home. all of the things that families are grappling with. maybe pay your employees more if they are your family. also getting tough on the trade policy. american workers -- i travel the world quite a bit during elections abroad as well as business. the american worker is second to none. let's take back those things for change. let's compete evenly in the global marketplace. lastly, pulling back regulations, as well as oversight in every aspect of our business as it is more and more creeping into our personal lives. >> host: talk about the congressional races. what is your prediction for the commercial district that folks are watching inside -- the critical the districts that are being watched inside the state. guest: roughly the size of the state of florida is the third congressional distr
here in massachusetts, romney abandon us just like the republican party has abandoned bush. i would like to know what to look for that? guest: again, looking at how republicans differ from the democrats as far as job creation, the tax code. more money to invest in your business, or in your home. all of the things that families are grappling with. maybe pay your employees more if they are your family. also getting tough on the trade policy. american workers -- i travel the world quite a bit...
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mitt romney running about as tight as two candidates can. the president has 48% of likely voters in his camp, governor romney, 47% of the the margin of error is just over 2.5%. yeah, it's close. as we break it down by state, the nbc news wall street journal poll showed that the president and governor romney separated by only two points in florida, also within the marchin of error. not so much in ohio where the president maintained the six-point lead over governor romney. if you take the averages, president obama is up in enough swing states to keep him in the white house. states including ohio, iowa and wisconsin. the last three states that he will visit this campaign. governor romney is up per the real clear politics average in florida, north carolina and virginia by a hair. given that he's trailing the president in key states like ohio and wisconsin, what on earth is romney doing expanding the map into states like michigan? minnesota and pennsylvania in the last week? states he had all but written off. joining me to break that down and whe
mitt romney running about as tight as two candidates can. the president has 48% of likely voters in his camp, governor romney, 47% of the the margin of error is just over 2.5%. yeah, it's close. as we break it down by state, the nbc news wall street journal poll showed that the president and governor romney separated by only two points in florida, also within the marchin of error. not so much in ohio where the president maintained the six-point lead over governor romney. if you take the...
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we'll talk to a romney senior adviser about the last-second push to swing ohio the republican challenger's way. g te g te and maybe it's costing too much money. introducing bluebird by american express and walmart. your alternative to checking and debit. it's loaded with features, not fees. because we think your money should stay where it belongs. with you. the value you expect. the service you deserve. it feels good to bluebird. get it at your local walmart. see life in the best light. [music] transitions® lenses automatically filter just the right amount of light. so you see everything the way it's meant to be seen. experience life well lit, ask for transitions adaptive lenses. >>> the harried pace of both campaigns highlights just how close this race really is. joining me now, a member of the virginia state house and a senior adviser to the romney campaign. barbara, good morning. welcome. you're in cincinnati today, so why don't we start there in ohio. a key swing state. one of the big groups that either candidate needs, of course the auto workers there. here's mitt romney's pitch as y
we'll talk to a romney senior adviser about the last-second push to swing ohio the republican challenger's way. g te g te and maybe it's costing too much money. introducing bluebird by american express and walmart. your alternative to checking and debit. it's loaded with features, not fees. because we think your money should stay where it belongs. with you. the value you expect. the service you deserve. it feels good to bluebird. get it at your local walmart. see life in the best light. [music]...
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the states that romney started to go into and the republicans started to go into yesterday states like minnesota and wisconsin. sorry, minnesota michigan and pennsylvania. i think that's more of a move of -- i don't want to say desperation but an effort to find new ways to get to 270 rather than a real effort to expand the map. because if we're still talking about ohio as the one state that no republican has ever won the white house without winning mitt romney is behind in ohio. we have not seen a survey that has showed him ahead aside from a rasmussen poll and i can go on a separate rant about how i dislike rasmussen. we haven't seen him ahead in a nonrasmussen poll since the beginning of the month. there were a couple of robo polls that only showed him up one. >> bill: right. that gets to the -- that gets to the auto bailout. you have seen "the new york times" editorial this morning. g.m. and chrysler, it is not just the politicians or the democrats, not just joe biden and barack obama saying romney is not telling the truth about the jeep plans in ohio. g.m. -- for the head of g.m. a
the states that romney started to go into and the republicans started to go into yesterday states like minnesota and wisconsin. sorry, minnesota michigan and pennsylvania. i think that's more of a move of -- i don't want to say desperation but an effort to find new ways to get to 270 rather than a real effort to expand the map. because if we're still talking about ohio as the one state that no republican has ever won the white house without winning mitt romney is behind in ohio. we have not...
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and a look at how mitt romney and republicans are campaigning across the state. later, an analysis of president obama's strategy. "washington journal" live every morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> as we approach election day, c-span is asking high school students to send a message to the president. students will answer the question, what is the most important issue the president should consider in 2013. for a chance to win the grand prize of two out -- $5,000. cb -- c-span's competition is open to students grades 6 through 12. find out more at studentca m.org. >> the u.s. house and senate and the federal government -- host: we are highlighting key battleground states of campaign 2012. today we put a spotlight on iowa. joining us from des moines is a senior political writer with the associated press, mike glover. what is the economy like in the iowa? guest: the economy is probably better than the rest of the country. it's not great, but we have not suffered the depths of the recession that some other parts of the country have. the economy is less of an iss
and a look at how mitt romney and republicans are campaigning across the state. later, an analysis of president obama's strategy. "washington journal" live every morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> as we approach election day, c-span is asking high school students to send a message to the president. students will answer the question, what is the most important issue the president should consider in 2013. for a chance to win the grand prize of two out -- $5,000. cb --...
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we got to protect our country by putting mitt romney in the white house. [applause] we got to protect our country by making pete the next united states senator for michigan. we got to make sure that we keep our state house republican like john walsh in the white house. [applause] but most of all, our supreme court -- say it with me, we're sending them to the supreme court. .ahra, markman, o'brien now when we elect mitt romney next president of the united states, we know we will have a better america. we know that we will have a better michigan. we know that our children and grandchildren will be in a place that we can all be proud of going forward and be safe and secure. so stand with me, stand with all the folks from wayne county. stand with all the folks from michigan and let's elect mitt romney the next president of the united states. [applause] thank you for being here. it's my honor to call upon romney to introduce our speaker. mcdaniel toake danie introduce our speaker. >> what do you think about the chairman? he has done such a great job making mich
we got to protect our country by putting mitt romney in the white house. [applause] we got to protect our country by making pete the next united states senator for michigan. we got to make sure that we keep our state house republican like john walsh in the white house. [applause] but most of all, our supreme court -- say it with me, we're sending them to the supreme court. .ahra, markman, o'brien now when we elect mitt romney next president of the united states, we know we will have a better...